Author 'Nicoledesplat' (Id 185836 ) : Here they are again, those old tomatoes that come back on our stalls in our markets ; they are called 'tomatoes roses of Berne, tomatoes, peaches, tomatoes, pineapples, tomatoes andean retorts, tomatoes ever green or tomato green zebra' (slightly spicy, hum !)... these are again grown by a few small producers, for our greatest pleasure.
Even today, while Louis XIV, who lived in the palace of Versailles had its own vegetable garden and her own gardener, he loved to walk in its alleys lined with dozens of varieties of fruits and vegetables which are rare ; and those who were not quite beautiful for the king, it gave to the little people by a secret door at the back of the castle. Nothing was too beautiful for the king.
These days it is up to us to taste these old fruit tastes so different and unusual, I pulled out the ingredients for the making of a good vinaigrette, there's more than to use, Good appetite